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THE VOICE
Anne Arundel County Chapter
of the

Autism Society of America
January, 2002 
Volume 6, Issue 6

Co-Presidents' Message

AACC-ASA meetings are held on the last Tuesday evening of each month at Ruth Parker Eason School in Millersville.

Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m.

 The agenda includes introductions and general announcements, followed by time for open discussion. A refreshment break is followed by a presentation given by the guest speaker. Then time is allowed for a follow-up discussion and further opportunity for group support and socialization.

New members and new ideas are always welcome.  Come check us out!

We hope everyone enjoyed a happy and healthy holiday, and is ready to start the new year with renewed energy and spirit.

Our January meeting will feature a presentation by Joyce Benjamin, a physician assistant and pediatric nurse who will speak about diet and nutrition issues related to autism spectrum disorders.

In addition to her medical background and background in nutrition, Mrs. Benjamin

is the parent of two sons with autism spectrum disorders.  Her presentation will incorporate many issues related to diet and nutrition, including such topics as dietary supplements, the DAN protocol, and chelation. We hope you will join us on January 29th.

In our December newsletter, we failed to provide the web site address for the article entitled "Tips for Extended Family and Friends". The article came from the "One Mom's View of Autism/

PDD" web site, located at http://www.challengenet.com/~onemom/index.html.


Speaking of web sites, our web guru Barry Conner has added a new and useful feature to our chapter's web site; it is a site search.  You can use this feature (from Google) to search our web site for articles from previous issues of the newsletter, or any other part of our chapter's web site.

Presentation on Extended
School Year services

The Parents Place of Maryland and The Arc of Maryland are sponsoring a presentation about extended school year (ESY) services, to be held from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm on February 2nd at The Arc of Howard County, 11735 Homewood Road, Ellicott City.  The presenter will be Donna Riley, Policy and Resource Specialist from the Maryland State Department of Education, who will cover several aspects of ESY services, including what ESY is, how students qualify for ESY, and where students can receive ESY services.

The registration fee is $5.  For further information, or to  register, please contact Jessica Pearsall by phone at (410) 974-6139 x 26 or by e-mail at .

Youth Baseball League


This spring, Lake Shore Youth Baseball will hold the 2nd season of their newly formed "Freedom" league for children age 5 - 16 with special needs.  Games will begin in April and will be played at the Lake Shore Athletic Complex.


Registration is $25 per child, and will be held at Lake Shore Elementary School on two series of dates: Wednesdays (January 23, January 30, February 6, February 13) from 6 - 8 pm, and Saturdays (January 26, February 2, February 9, February 16) from 10 am - 2 pm.

For further information, please contact John Brannon at (410) 437-0383.

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